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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen uploaded the file: Scale of Catastrophe: Ecology and Transition, Medieval to Early Modern to
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoHere’s the syllabus I put together for a graduate and postdoctoral seminar I’m currently teaching at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Given the setting, it is quite primary source heavy! But I tried to integrate contemporary ecotheory with the medieval and early modern texts.
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Karen L. Raber uploaded the file: Animals in Literature syllabus to
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoI’ve taught this syllabus twice, with remarkable results: it’s an upper-level undergraduate seminar that ranges through a variety of texts as well as a bunch of films and supplementary essays or articles. In practice, it also includes fairly extensive use of images in powerpoints (at least one whole unit on artistic representations of animals,…[Read more]
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I enjoyed looking at your syllabus. I am currently teaching a course called Daoism and the Environment which takes as it6s foundation the interconnectedness of all nature based in Chinese philosophy. Have you ever considered using articles from the Orion Journal? They have had some excellent articles on animals and human interaction with animals.
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Thanks Pamela; I’ve never looked at that journal, but will check it out!
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Here’s just one feature that stuck with me. Orion is primarily a nature/environmental journal with some great contributors. I often use their search function to look for articles relevant to whatever subject I’m dealing with. Thanks for sharing the syllabus!
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Thanks Karen, very interesting.
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Cristin Ellis uploaded the file: U.S. Lit and the Anthropocene, from 1800 (upper undergrad) to
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoThis is a new course (road-testing it this spring) for junior/senior-level undergraduates at the University of Mississippi. It asks students to think about how American authors have framed the problem of losing nature from 1800 forward. Its organized into four units which hinge on each of the four novels we’ll be reading: Child’s Hobomok and the…[Read more]
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Karen L. Raber replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoThanks Jeffrey–Lowell’s thoughts are EXACTLY on target, and his suggestions in the discussion at the end are incredibly helpful even if we expand them to non-Shakespearean texts (although I feel the seductive pull of Lear and Prospero even as I say this . . .).
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoNot that it’s an EM syllabus, Karen, but one of my favorite blog posts on integrating early modern literature with ecocrit is this one by Lowell Duckert:
http://www.inthemedievalmiddle.com/2014/08/teaching-literature-in-west-virginian.html
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Karen L. Raber replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoYes indeed: I’m trying to come up with one for this coming fall for advanced undergrads on the nonhuman in early modern literature/culture. It’s proving more complicated to choose primary texts than I thought, since I’m trying to get away from my usual over-reliance on Shakespeare. Will check back in case anyone has suggestions . . . . and po…[Read more]
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoActually … I just placed a syllabus there. Here’s hoping others will follow!
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen uploaded the file: Contact Ecologies (grad seminar) to
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoSyllabus for a graduate seminar on “Ecologies of Conquest / Contact Ecologies” I taught at the George Washington University. The primary materials are mostly medieval.
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoLOVE this idea! If you look to the left of this screen there is a button labeled “FILES.” We could use that as a repository for teaching materials that members are willing to share.
Jeffrey
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Pamela Herron replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoThat sounds like a great idea! I am piloting a new course I’ve developed called Daoism and the Environment and I am combining the Daodejing with more traditional environmental writing including many Native American poets and writers. This grew out of a paper I did last year for an Ecocriticism panel. We’re in our second week of classes and the…[Read more]
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Cristin Ellis started the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoI’d love to see this forum become a place where we can brainstorm classes and resources for teaching. Would anyone else be interested in a syllabus exchange and teaching thread here?
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Cristin Ellis replied to the topic Suggestions for Sessions @ #MLA16 Austin in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoI’d be interested to hear papers thinking through the affinities and tensions generated by the convergence of ecocriticism with posthumanism (new materialisms, eg.). This might incorporate the kind of questions Serpil Opperman is imagining…
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